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College news, March 4, 1936
Bryn Mawr College student newspaper. Merged with Haverford News, News (Bryn Mawr College); Published weekly (except holidays) during academic year.
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1936-03-04
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Weekly
6 pages
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North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Montgomery--Bryn Mawr
Vol. 22, No. 15
College news (Bryn Mawr College : 1914)--
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THE COLLEGE NEWS
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THE COLLEGE NEWS
(Founded in 1914)
Year (excepting during Thanksgiving,
g examination weeks) in the interest of
Wayne, Pa., and Bryn Mawr College.
Published weekly during the Coll
Christmas and Easter Holidays, and d
Bryn Mawr College at the Maguire Buildity
The College News is fully protected by copyright. Nothing that appears in
ied _, ne bo te either wholly or in part witheut written. permission of the
tor-in-Chief.
' Bditor-in-Chiof
BARBARA @ARY, '36
News Editor
HELEN Fis, ’37
Copy Editor
ANNE MARBURY, 87
Editors
- ELIzaBetH LYLB, ’37
JANET THOM,-’38
SUZANNE WILLIAMS, ’38
Sports Editor .
SyLviA H. Evans, ’87 :
Business Manager Subscription Manager.
DOREEN Canapay, "86 ALIcE COHEN, ’36
Assistants —
CAROLINE C. BROWN, 86
Mary H. HuTcHIines, ’37
JANE SIMPSON, ’37
LouIsE STENGEL, ’37 ETHEL HENKELMAN, 38
AGNES ALLINSON, 737 Marcaret Howson, ’38
DEWILDA NARAMORE, ’38
CORDELIA STONE, "87
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Have You a Ghost?
One of the most important factors of academic life is the library. It
is an institution~by which the status of a college can be judged, and it is
essential that it be fully equipped and efficiently managed. Efficiency is
difficult to maintain where invisible spirits lurk about, licensed with unethi-
cal instincts. _The Bryn Mawr Library often figures like a haunted house
in the minds of its permanent inhabitants or its occasional visitors. A
strange spell overcasts it which wraps some of us in an hypnotic trance and
makes us doubtful of the real existence of some of its books. Reference to
the catalogue, waste of time in the stacks and inquiry at the desk concerning
the whereabouts of a book often result in utter frustration. Very likely
someone has charged the book, but there is a chance that it has been missing
for weeks, or months or years.
In fifty years the Bryn Mawr Library has permanently lost 2,000 books.
During a college year about one hundred books disappear temporarily.
These drift back sooner or later. Some books are never seen again. A loss
remains unknown until a particular book is needed and it is found that
no charge has been made for it. Only magic could explain the recent case
of a book which was noted in the stacks after reference had been made to
the catalogue. In a short time both the book and the catalogue card had
disappeared. -The expense of replacing books, especially those which are
out of print, may be triple that of the original cost. The New Book Room
is the danger spot of the Library. One book has recently been replaced
three times, and a fond kleptomaniac spook has three times removed it.
There are gaps in more than half-a dozen periodicals, bound volumes of
which, particularly in the case of foreign magazines, must be purchased in
order to secure the missing issue.
In a library as freely used as ours, the losses may be comparatively
few, but they are totally unnecessary. Missing books drift slowly back,
usually after the book is needed. No wonder the faculty have qualms about
lending personal copies to that den of thieves, the Reserve Room, when it
is a moot question whether or not their books will be returned intact!
Carelessness and selfishness explain temporary disappearances; thievery,
those books which skeletons seem to hold down in closets. Rigid restriction,
perhaps in the persons of plainclothesmen, would undoubtedly cramp the
careless fingers of haunting spirits and also give the Library the odious
atmosphere of a jail. A raid of all rooms and likely places where books
could be lost would be greatly beneficial to those gaps in the Library which
impede its efficiency and encroach upon the rights of every person who uses
it. Because there is no excuse for a haunted library which will eventually
be obliged to restrict its present freedom, a raid should be a last resort.
If decency does not bring results, active measures should.
United We Stand
Rehearsals for several of the May Day plays are now well under way,
but already the difficult problem of cutting has arisen. Few people realize
how seriously a whole rehearsal can be affected by the absence of even a
single minor member of a large cast. As the work progresses still further
and the coaches begin to stress thé fine points of individual and group action,
the matter is going to be even more serious.
From now until Spring Vacation no unexcused absences will be permit:
ted, and students who find it impossible to be present must speak to the
proper authorities before cutting. Anyone who deliberately is absent from
a rehearsal is liable to lose her place in the cast, since there are excellent
people available for nearly every part which has been cast thus far.
The advantages in enforcing these: regulations thoroughly are several.
First and foremost is the fact that only hard work on the plays now can
succeed in getting them in perfect shape two or three weeks before May
Day. Thus those in charge of the Green will be able to have sufficient
time to concentrate on preparing the mass dancing on the Green, with ..1t
taking time from rehearsals. The second advantage lies in the fact that it
is much eéasier to work hard while we are all filled with the first flush cf
enthusiasm and while the plays are still a novelty. There is bound to come
a time when there will be a decline in interest and when the work will
seem to be.an almost endless routine. If we work hard now, it will probably
be possible to slacken up a bit on rehearsals at that time. A third important
‘point is that concentrated effort is necessary during the next few weeks in
order that Spring Vacation may not be encroached upon by the demands of
: May Day. If every single person involved stands behind this very necessary
of strict attendance at rehearsals, all will go well, but clearly
this s cate of “United we Sand, divided we fal.”
Current Events
(Gleaned from Dr. Fenwick)
There are two things which are said
to be inescapable: Death and Taxes.
For the past few months. the Govern-
ment has béen bitterly attacked for
failing to balance the budget, and
finally the. President has decided to
raise taxes, and it looks as though the
roof would be raised too. The idea
has been met by violent indignation
on the part of the Republicans (mean-
ing almost everybody by this time).
The money is to be used partly for
the payment of the bonus, which was
passed over the President’s veto. He
is determined not. to pay. it by creat-
ing further deficits. The rest of the
money will be spent for the Farm
Program of Soil Conservation, the new
form of the AAA. The farmers will
be paid for planting non-competitive
crops which will improve the soil, such
as grass or clover, so that the ground
will be richer and finer crops can be
grown in a few years, which the farm-
er can then be paid not to raise. It
looks as if the best form of annuity
for the protection of one’s old age is
to buy alittle farm, where one can
retire at an early age.
Railroads have just begun to sit up
and take notice of the competition
which automobiles and busses: offer.
Railroad fares in the East have been
kept high during the last fifteen years,
but now the Interstate Commerce
Commission has ordered. a flat rate of
two cents a mile all over the country.
Roads in the West and South have
already - tried lowering their rates,
with the resultant heavy traffic. Soon
after the first of June we shall be
able to travel as happily during the
week as we do now on weekends,
We wonder if the Japanese, who are
such a peculiar people that they do
things on Wednesday which we hear
about on the preceding Tuesday, still
believe the old mythology of the di-
vine descent of their Emperors and
noble families. In 1854 the United
States opened up Japan and some fif-
teen years later the Shogunate was
overthrown, the Emperor restored to
full power and a modern Constitution
made. According to it, the Minister
of War must be a general in the army
Continued on Page Six
WIT?S END
Sun, dawn, noon, bed,
Night, stars, moon, fed,
Night, stars, moon, walk,
Station, train, talk.
As God willed my life,
No books, no cooks, no wife.
I belong to a unique clan,
For I am Bryn Mawyr’s Lantern Man.
THE LIGHT THAT FAILED.
THE FRUSTRATION GIRLS AT
COLLICH
Lulu and Lil came to collich
As like as two gargle pills,
Indeed you just couldn’t tell which—
But of collich they had their fills.
Now Lulu soon fell for the smoker.
She learned about Plato and men;
Our Lil (Lu just couldn’t help her),
Fell into the greasiest, grindiest den.
Lulu could swear like a poor white,
Or debs or troopers of state;
She became an eccentric overnight,
But the fatal frustration was what
she ate.
Lil turned into a Blue Book—
She studied early and late, _
But she couldn’t give Lulu a look
Without the remembrance of what she
ate.
Lulu got Scotch gastritis,
Lil got something worse. -
Collich had been their- frustration:
They both went home in a hearse.
(Note—This ditty casts no asper-
sions on food at Bryn Mawr. It/is
casting aspersions on collich food in
general—L. S. U. and Southern Sis
odist in particular. If Bryn Mawr
students make poisoned jelly fish a
regular part of their diet, we might
apply the sad story of Lulu and Lil
to Bryn Mawr, -particularly to the
type of take-my-nasty-soup-away stu-
dent.) SLOVENLY PETER.
Cheerio, as
THE MAD HATTER.
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In Philadelphia
0 Theatres
Broad: Squaring the Circle, the sa-
tiric comedy about two young Soviet
families which opened at this theatre
last fall, returns (with the original
cast) after a successful season in New
York. .
Chestnut: Tobacco Road, with
Henry Hull, moves here after three
weeks at the Forrest.
Garrick: Three Men On a Horse;
comedy hit of last season in New York,
comes to Philadelphia with its fourth
company after seventeen weeks in
Boston. °
Forrest: Beginning next Monday,
the Shuberts wilk show At Home
Abroad, with Beatrice Lillie, Ethel
Walters and Reginald Gardiner, the}
man who imitates wall-paper.
Movies
Aldine: Little Lord Fauntleroy,
with Freddie Bartholemew and Do-
lores Costello Barrymore. Freddie ap-
pears sans curls and velvet suit.
Areadia: The Milky Way, Harold
Lloyd’s latest, opens Friday. Critics
say that the production is admirable
and the picture would undoubtedly \be
very funhy without Harold.
Boyd: Desire, also opening Friday,
with Marlene Dietrich and Gary Coop-
er. Sounds sinister.
Earle: The Music Goes ’Round and
’Round, starring Harry Richman.
Just what one would expect from the
title,
Erlanger: Modern Times, with
Charlie Chaplin and Paulette God-
dard.
Fox: Beginning Friday, The Coun-
try Doctor, with the Dionne Quintup-
lets, and Jean Hersholt as Dr. Dafoe,
who, poor soul, has just published a
book on the care and feeding of babies.
Karlton: Two in the Dark, the
story of a man who can’t remember
whether or not he has committed a
murder. Our nomination for the most
expressive title of 1936.
BEST'S «
MONTGOMERY & ANDERSON AVES.
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ARDMORE
Easy Parking
Keith’s : The Petrified Forest. Les-
lie Howard gives one of his best per-
‘| formances, and Bette Davis plays an
ingenue part for the first time in some
years. :
Stanton: Woman Trap, the story of
a young girl who gets involved with
guess what?—a newspaperman.
Academy of Music ?
José Iturbi conducting. Weber,.
Overture Oberon; Schubert, Sym-
phony Number. Seven in C major;
Lizst, Concerto Number Two in A
major for piano ‘and orchestra; White,.
Five Miniatures; Strauss, Till Eulen-
spiegel. .
; _ «Lecal. Movies :
Ardmore: Thursday, James Cagney
in Ceiling Zero; Friday, Freshman.
Love, with Frank McHugh; Saturday,
Boris Karloff in The Invisible Ray;
Monday, The Widow From Monte
Carlo, with Dolores Del Rio; Tuesday
and Wednesday, Bing Crosby in Any-
thing Goes.
‘Wayne: Wednesday and Thursday,
Jean Harlow in Riffraff; Friday and
Saturday, Irene Dunne in Magnificent
Obsession; Sunday and Monday, Joe
Penner in Collegiate; Tuesday, and
Wednesday, Gladys Swarthout in
Rose of the Rancho.
‘Seville: Thursday, Friday and Sat-
urday, Victor McLaglen in Profes-
sional Soldier; Sunday, Lives of a
Bengal Lancer; Monday and Tuesday,
Fang and Claw.
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Bryn Mawr Flower Shop
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Bryn Mawr 570
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Bryn Mawr Confectionery _
(Next to Seville Theater Bldg.)
The Rendezvous of the College Girls
Tasty Sandwiches, Delicious Sundaes
Superior Soda Service
Music—Dancing for girls only
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